The NBA fined Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace $30,000 for publicly criticizing officials following Boston’s 116-103 victory over Toronto on Friday night.

Wallace told reporters after Sunday’s win over Miami that he plans to appeal the fine, but stopped himself from getting into more trouble, biting his tongue before elaborating on the subject.

“I’m definitely going to appeal that. I mean, what did I say wrong? You know, if they don’t want … No, I ain’t going to do that,” Wallace said to reporters before stopping in mid-sentence and smiling before departing.

After being whistled for a second-quarter technical foul against the Raptors, Wallace vented postgame about the call — dubbing Toronto’s Hedo Turkoglu a “flopper” — and saying the NBA product had been watered down by such calls.


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These are the hot, broiling days of summer where things are sizzling everywhere from the beach to the barbecue grill to the steamy gyms with no air conditioning. It’s the time of the year when most teams have a warm feeling about their off-season moves. Three weeks into the annual free agent roundup, everybody who’s opened their wallet likes to think they got the deal of the century. Or at least their money was well spent.

Two years ago, GM Danny Ainge set the Celtics on the path to winning championship No. 17 with his wheeling and dealing for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. This time he might have put them back on track for No. 18 by convincing the 14-year veteran Wallace to climb aboard for the mid-level exception. While the core of the Celtics’ hopes, of course, rest on Garnett’s recovery from knee surgery. Wallace gives Boston much-needed depth in the form of a versatile power forward who can still fill it up in bursts at the offensive end and be a defensive stopper when motivated. With Leon Powe’s physical status up in the air and Glen Davis still hanging out in the free agent ether, this was exactly the addition the Celtics needed.

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Bill Strickland, Wallace’s agent, told the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe on Sunday night that the 34-year-old forward told him to call off meetings the agent was in the process of scheduling with the Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. The Boston Globe reported Wallace will sign for two years at the mid-level exception.

Click here to read the full article – By J.A. Adande of ESPN.com

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